Last
Quarter ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 53% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 53% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 11 August 2039 at 19:36 UTC.
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises at midnight and sets at noon. It is visible to the south in the morning.
Moon in ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠15° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1781"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1781" and ∠1893".
Harvest Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2039 after 22 days on 2 September 2039 at 19:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 19 August 2039 at 20:50
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 26 August 2039 at 23:16
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 2 September 2039 at 19:23
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 10 September 2039 at 13:45
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 489 / 1442
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 489 of Meeus index or 1442 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.54 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 56 minutes. It is 1 hour and 24 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 12 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 51 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠226.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠226.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠260.1°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 1 August 2039 at 22:38 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 13 August 2039 at 19:35 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 402 451 km
The Moon is 402 451 km (250 071 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 503 km (251 347 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 31 July 2039 at 22:26 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 14 August 2039 at 10:57 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 2 August 2039 at 07:15 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-24.732°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠24.786° at the point of next northern standstill on 16 August 2039 at 04:38 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 19 August 2039 at 20:50 in ♌ Leo the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
